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Mixity and How Social Categories Change — Miri Song
How are mixed identities changing social categories — and what does the fastest-growing demographic mean for human diversity? Miri Song explains.
In this episode, Steven Vertovec and Georg Diez explore the concept of mixity with sociologist Miri Song (University of Kent / LSE). They discuss how the dynamics of assertion and assignment shape identity, why the fiction of monoracial thinking persists, and how mixed identities open up new possibilities for understanding social categories.
Key themes include the 2020 US Census finding that "mixed" is the fastest-growing social category, how people navigate multiple ethnic and racial identities, and what examples of social categories look like in a world of increasing mixity.
Futures of Difference is a research-based video podcast by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity that explores how social categories are being challenged, contested, and transformed.
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Listen & watch: youtube.com/@FuturesOfDifference
Essays & more: futuresofdifference.substack.com
Produced by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity mmg.mpg.de
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By Steven Vertovec, Georg DiezHow are mixed identities changing social categories — and what does the fastest-growing demographic mean for human diversity? Miri Song explains.
In this episode, Steven Vertovec and Georg Diez explore the concept of mixity with sociologist Miri Song (University of Kent / LSE). They discuss how the dynamics of assertion and assignment shape identity, why the fiction of monoracial thinking persists, and how mixed identities open up new possibilities for understanding social categories.
Key themes include the 2020 US Census finding that "mixed" is the fastest-growing social category, how people navigate multiple ethnic and racial identities, and what examples of social categories look like in a world of increasing mixity.
Futures of Difference is a research-based video podcast by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity that explores how social categories are being challenged, contested, and transformed.
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Listen & watch: youtube.com/@FuturesOfDifference
Essays & more: futuresofdifference.substack.com
Produced by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity mmg.mpg.de